Gender and Religions Seminar Project
- Course Code:
- 15PSRC060
- Status:
- Course Not Running 2013/14
- Unit value:
- 1.0
- Year of study:
- Any
The course will examine the central questions of epistemology and methodology in relation to the application of gender theories in the study of religions, particularly the theory and practice of feminist research, and will include a historical and critical survey of the discipline of the Study of Religions in order to explore the challenge of gender studies for the Study of Religions. It will be organised around students' participation in and contribution to the Centre for Gender & Religions Research (GRR) weekly seminar. Students will be introduced to feminist research methods in order to develop research skills for undertaking their own quantitative and qualitative research. The course will be divided into three parts: Epistemology, Methodology, and Interpretation.
Objectives and learning outcomes of the course
On successful completion of this course, a student will:
- Have gained an overview of the challenges to the epistemological, methodological and interpretative framework of the Study of Religions that gender theories present.
- Have acquired a comprehensive understanding of the variety of methodologies that gender and feminist theories offer the student of religions.
- Have considered some of the ethical issues inherent in research undertaken from a gendered perspective, and particularly those of representation, positionality and location.
- Have reflected on the relevance of these to her or his areas of interest.
- Have developed key research skills (organising and chairing public meetings, networking with established scholars, participating in scholarly discussions, recording and summarising presentations, formulating, researching and presenting projects).
- Have produced and presented a detailed research paper on the application of gender theories in the Study of Religions.
